Next up for Wales in Round 3 are the French, who squeezed past the Italians earlier in the day. They meet on Thursday, 1 July.
IRISH SIGN-OFF IN STYLE
79 MIN: Irish skipper Kendellen converts another five metre line into try No 5 and Doak converted from wide out on the right to put the seal on a conclusive win for the Irish.
WALES 12 – 40 IRELAND
Carrick McDonough scores Wales second try
BONUS POINT FOR IREALND
69 MIN: That’s the clincher for the men in green. They kick to the corner after McDonough’s departure and the line-out is driven over to earn a try for replacement Daniel Okeke.
WALES 12 – 33 IRELAND
YELLOW FOR WALES
68 MIN: Try scorer McDonough comes in from an offside position at a ruck in his 22 and it’s an easy decision for the french referee to make.
DOAK AGAIN
61 min: Wales conceded another penalty in their 22 and Doak steps up to fire over his third penalty of the night.
WALES 12 – 28 IRELAND
Alex Mann scores Wales first try
2ND TRY FOR WALES
60 MIN: Strong forward drive from a line-out on the right and then good handling down the back line to release Carrick McDonough to score in the left corner. This time Costelow hits the mark.
WALES 12 – 25 IRELAND
YELLOW CARD IRELAND
59 MIN: Shane Jennings picks up a yellow card for cynically killing the ball at a ruck on his own line as Wales go for a second try.
DOAK HITS THE MARK AGAIN
57 MIN: A second penalty from Doak makes it a 20 pints gap.
WALES 5 – 25 IRELAND
WALES RING THE CHANGES
Ollie Burrows is on at hooker, Christ Tshiunza in the second row and Ethan Lloyd at scrum half.
WALES ON THE BOARD!
46 MIN: That’s better! Good kick-chase earns a scrum five metres out. Forwards drive on and skipper Alex Mann goes over unopposed. No conversion from Costelow’s usually reliable boot.
WALES 5 – 22 IRELAND
ANOTHER IRISH TRY
42MIN:Wales box kick is caught just inside his own half by scrum half Doak and he beats the chaser, finds a corridor up the left touchline and trades passes with full back Osborne before scoring Ireland’s third try in the corner. he’s staking a big claim for the man of the match title.
WALES 0 – 22 IRELAND
SECOND HALF UNDERWAY
Big task for Alex Mann and his men in the second half as they look to bounce back from a 17 point deficit.
TALE OF THE TAPE 1ST HALF
Wales missed 18 tackles and Ireland spent three times as much time in the Welsh half as Wales did in theirs.
HALF-TIME: WALES 0 – 17 IRELAND
Carwyn Tuipulotu leading the charge for Wales
WELSH PRESSURE – IRISH TURN OVER
35 MIN: Best period of pressure from wales and they drive from a line-out 10 metes out. The move eventually breaks down when Costelow is turned-over by Alex Kendellen and concedes a penalty.
IRELAND STRETCH LEAD
29 MIN: Another penalty against Wales and this time Doak lands a penalty from 25 metres.
WALES 0 – 17 IRELAND
SECOND IRISH TRY AS THEY TURN ON THE STYLE
26 MIN: Too many missed tackles by Wales and the Irish go from their 22 to the Welsh posts with some great phase play and support running. Try goes to wing Chris Cosgrave with Nathan Doak adding the extras.
WALES 0 – 14 IRELAND
COSTELOW OFF TARGET
Irish forwards stray offside in midfield and up steps Scarlets outside half Sam Costelow to shoot for goal from 42 metres midway through the first-half. His kick shaves the wrong side of the upright.
FIRST BLOOD TO THE IRISH
the welsh defensive line had been threatened before, but in the 14th minute it was breached by centre Cathal Forde. No 8 Alex Kendellen had been held up over the line, but there was no stopping Forde as he came on the crash ball from a scrum five metres out from the Welsh posts. Scrum half Nathan Doak added the simple conversion
WALES 0 – 7 IRELAND
Cathal Forde powers over
CONFIDENT IRISH START WELL
The Irish picked up where they left off in their 38-7 win over the Scots to dominate the opening exchanges. Great turn-over from Wales flanker Harri Deaves saves the day in his 22.
TEAMS OUT
Big challenge for Wales up against the triple crown winner sin last year’s truncated tournament and the Grand Slam winners from 2019. The Irish also won their opening game against Scotland.
Wales team huddle.
After winning their opening game of this year’s U20 Six Nations championship, Ioan Cunningham’s Wales side are expecting a tough day at the office against Ireland this evening in the second round of matches.
The men in green have been a major force over the past few years and only covid stopped them from winning back to back grand slams last year.
Ireland claimed a convincing win against Scotland in the opening round while Wales finally subdued Italy to also get off to a winning start.
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ITALY U20 11 – 13 FRANCE U20
Nelson Epee stole the show for the French as he raced clear to score a wonder try in the first half from 50 metres out. That helped to decide a very fiercely contested contest in which the Italians, who lost to Wales in Round 1, were also in contention.
ENGLAND U20 31 – 12 SCOTLAND U20
England scored five tries as they picked up a bonus-point win over a highly combative Scottish side. That made it two wins from two for the English, who were reduced to 13 men for a while in the second half after hooker Sam Riley picked up a yellow card and Lucas Brooke saw red for making head to head contact with Ollie Melville in the tackle.
